Patients' experiences of everyday life after lung transplantation

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 3472-3479

  Thomsen, Doris ^a   Jensen, Birte Østergaard ^b  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Nurses; Nursing care; Patient experience; Qualitative study; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70449560961     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02828.x     Document Type: Article

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